Title: A complex problem with displaying custom posts using parameters from $_GET
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# A complex problem with displaying custom posts using parameters from $_GET

 *  Resolved [rreimche](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rreimche/)
 * (@rreimche)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-complex-problem-with-displaying-custom-posts-using-parameters-from-_get/)
 * Hi, all.
 * At first, the database structure. I have:
 * A custom post type “tours”, custom taxonomies “tourcategories”, “countries” and
   I also have custom fields and the two I need in the script I’ll describe is “
   price” and “date_meta”.
 * Using a script (javascript), user “constructs” a query (i.e. user clicks buttons
   and a value for every mentiond variables is set for the query) and “launches 
   the search” (i.e. user is redirected to an address like this: [http://mysite.com/?post_type=tours&price=10000&countries=5&date_meta=3&tourcategories=1](http://mysite.com/?post_type=tours&price=10000&countries=5&date_meta=3&tourcategories=1)).
 * Then a script that is hardcoded into index.php processes the $_GET variables,
   constructs the query, processes it and displays the posts. In fact, the index.
   php is divided into two scenarios; one for the case when there IS $_GET and one
   where there’s no $_GET.
 * The problem for now is that when I add one of my custom taxonomies to the address(
   for example, I add tourcategories=1 or countries=5), the URL transforms and I
   get something rather different than what I need:
 * “?post_type=tours&price=10000&date_meta=3&countries=5&tourcategories=2” brings
   me to 404.php
 * I could process $_GET in 404.php, but it seems for me not a right way.
 * Sometimes (I couldn’t yet figure out when) the “countries=anything” is transformed(
   by rewrite rules?) into “/countries/anything/” that is inserted before “?”.
 * Well, seems that I’m a bit stuck 🙁
 * In the Codex I’ve read that in order to commence custom queries one should perform
   such edits like adding variable to a list of those that wordpress recognizes,
   but that, as I’ve thought, is fair if one uses standard wordpress Loop and as
   for I use query_posts($args) I could do otherwise.
 * Please point me somebody into the right direction.

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 *  Thread Starter [rreimche](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rreimche/)
 * (@rreimche)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-complex-problem-with-displaying-custom-posts-using-parameters-from-_get/#post-2862880)
 * I’ve just figured out that when value of the taxonomy $_GET variable equals custom
   taxonomy term slug value, the “countries=aaa” is transformed to “/countries/aaa”.
 * Is there a way I can make so that it does not happen?
 *  [ahmedNaguib](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ahmednaguib/)
 * (@ahmednaguib)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-complex-problem-with-displaying-custom-posts-using-parameters-from-_get/#post-2862884)
 * I think u can try to change the names of the parameters in the url to be different
   from the names of the categories so use countryValue or countryName instead of
   countries . This way u can avoid this issue .
 *  Thread Starter [rreimche](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rreimche/)
 * (@rreimche)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-complex-problem-with-displaying-custom-posts-using-parameters-from-_get/#post-2862887)
 * Thanks, Ahmed.
 * Advices on the redirect problem would also be very helpful ,)
 *  Thread Starter [rreimche](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rreimche/)
 * (@rreimche)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-complex-problem-with-displaying-custom-posts-using-parameters-from-_get/#post-2863008)
 * The problem was solved when I changed the names of the variables.

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